At the age of
24 and barely out of college Darren O'Shaughnessy had his first of many books published. His first book, Ayuamarca is a science
fiction novel which leaves it's readers in awe. The publishers Millennium, an imprint of Orion books Ltd; did not do very
well in marketing the book to readers and the unknown name of the author did not help the book sales. Only one printing of
the book was made making copies very scare. The second book in the series, Hell's Horizon is thought to be better than the
first. Though once again the sales did not flourish, there was only one printing of the book.

What some may
not know is that there is actually a third book in the series entitled City of the Snakes. This book never saw the light of
day and will someday be republished. The author has stated many times that it will be printed again in the future, but not
anytime soon. Through e-book or a limited number of copies printed on the authors own accord there still stands the hope of
publication.

The only other
publisher to print this book was in Russia. The Nuclear Heating Plant publishers printed 7000 copies of Ayuamarca in 2001
and copies go for about 50-60 rubles. That is roughly five pounds or ten dollars. The name has changed with the translation
and has been changed to the City of Death. The word Ayuamarca is still there, but I think the publishers learned from the
mistakes of the previous publishers and changed the name to help sell more copies. The city series title has also changed
to the dark city